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as in cowboys
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range
a rough-hewn wrangler who never says much
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as in defendants
a person who takes part in a dispute
known as a petty, unrelenting wrangler who likes argument for the sake of argument
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Recent Examples of wranglers
Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7, a group of professional snake wranglers, sent Stuart MacKenzie to the house.
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Rachel Raposas, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wranglers
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Learning about cowboys while walking through a cemetery is the best preparation apparently!—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Cuckoo’s Nest/Zubie’s parking lot in Costa Mesa became ground zero for clashes between punks and cowboys.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Aug. 2025
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However, if convicted, the defendants could face over a decade in prison.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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But other prominent cases involving gruesome crimes and young defendants have seen a different outcome.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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The men and women who bear the daily burden of this war—the fighters, frontline defenders, and those suffering under occupation—are the true guardians of Ukraine's democratic future.—
Oleksandra Matviichuk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In a sport where fighters often define themselves as strikers, grapplers, or submission specialists, Ukah refuses to be boxed in.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Following active duty, his compassionate nature soon led him to devote himself to full-time plaintiffs’ representation.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
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The states of Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Nebraska, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia are plaintiffs alongside the FTC in the suit filed Thursday in federal court in the Central District of California.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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At the highest levels, debate is a combination of politics and philosophy, and skilled debaters must master analytical reasoning and the ability to speak as fast as possible.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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In another magical Miami tale, a broke witch who works in a spellshop and an adjunct professor who’s secretly a popular himbo mage team up to win a spellcasting reality show competition — except someone is sabotaging the contestants’ work.—
Lia Amador,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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Research by Missouri State University psychologist Brooke Whisenhunt found that Miss USA contestants from 1999 to 2013 became both thinner and more muscular, a combination that young women who were surveyed increasingly rated as most attractive.—
Anne Marie Chaker,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is among those to have recently discussed this approach, which advocates say will enhance allied security by preventing Russian munitions from approaching NATO borders.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Legislative efforts, often spearheaded by 'English-only’ advocates, routinely failed in Congress.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Angel was friends with one of the two initial brawlers inside Norwood’s Williamsbridge Oval Playground, a regular hangout spot for the young teen, but didn’t participate in the outset of the violence.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Wranglers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wranglers. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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